Chelsea legend John Terry is once again training with the club ahead of the new season.

The 37-year-old is currently a free agent after leaving Aston Villa at the end of the 2017/2018 campaign and was spotted training alongside Ethan Ampadu and Chelsea Women's star Karen Carney last week.

With players all over Europe returning to their respective clubs for the beginning of pre-season, Terry appears to be using the facilities at the Cobham training ground in a bid to maintain his fitness levels in the event that he receives an offer to extend his playing career next season.

There has been rumours of him linking up with former teammate Frank Lampard - who is the new Derby County manager - and attempting to help them gain promotion to the Premier League.

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Whoever manages to secure Terry's signature is likely to get a player in peak physical form.

Taking to social media on Tuesday morning, the former Blues captain posted an image via his official Instagram account of him at the training ground.

It's unclear as to which other first-team stars were present alongside Terry.

While the Blues don't take on Perth Glory in their first friendly game on July 23, football.london understands that some of the players were back in training on Monday July 2.

Although the 14 players at the World Cup in Russia were obviously not available to take part in that session as they will be given extra time off to rest before joining up with the rest of the squad at a later date.

John Terry (Image: Clive Mason/Getty Images)

Furthermore, pre-season plans will be affected until the managerial situation is resolved.

As of right now, Antonio Conte is still in charge but the west London outfit are expected to make a change with Maurizio Sarri coming in as the Italian tactician's replacement.